Onion prices have been an important political issue: they were regarded as the decisive factor in the 1998 state elections in Delhi and Rajasthan

Onions are considered an indispensable ingredient of most Indian cooking, providing the pungent foundation for a thousand different curries and other dishes. Onion prices have been an important political issue: they were regarded as the decisive factor in the 1998 state elections in Delhi
( SMT SUSHMA SWARAJ WAS A CM THEN-13OCT 1998 TO 3 DEC 2003,AFTERWARDS SHE HAS RETURNED TO NATIONAL POLITICS)
and Rajasthan(LATE SHRI BHAIRON SINGH SHEKHAWAT WAS CM THEN...FINALLY BECAME VICE PRESIDENT...BOTH ARE SUDHIRJI'S AND HIS CARTOONS ARDENT ADMIRER).

(NEWS FROM ARCHIEVE)

(I REMEMBER SUDHIRJI'S CARTOONS ON ONION PRICE RISE SPECIFICALLY THEN,THOUGH RISE IN PRICE OF OTHER GOODS AS WELL WERE MAKING EVERYONE'S LIFE DIFFICULT THOSE DAYS...ITS AN EXAMPLE OF HOW EVEN CARTOONS CAN BE EFFECTIVE FACTOR OF NEWSPAPERS AND MEDIA, WHICH IS RECENTLY IGNORED/NOT GIVEN THAT MUCH IMPORTANCE IN THIS MEDIUM!!....ONE NEED TO UNDERSTAND.I THINK EVEN SUDHIRJI,AN ESTABLISHED AND ONE OF THE TOPMOST POLITICAL CARTOONIST OF OUR COUNTRY, DOESN'T KNOW THE IMPACT OF HIS WORK 100%.I AM WRITING THESE LINES NOT ONLY AS AN ADMIRER OF CARTOONS,BUT AS AN EX MEDIAPERSON(THOUGH I DO HAVE WEBMAGAZINE WHICH COVERS DEVOLOPMENTAL ISSUES AND AWARENESS OF RIGHTS ETC-AAWAAZ.ADITIFOUNDATION.CO.IN) .

I REMEMBER JUST BEFORE 13 OCT 1998 ELECTION,THERE WAS A PRESS CONFERENCE AT ADVANIJI'S RESIDENCE WHERE SUDHIRJI WAS INVITED.BEFORE HE WENT THERE,I REQUESTED HIM TO ASK A QUESTION FROM MY SIDE ALSO-"WHY BJP DON'T GIVE TICKETS TO WOMEN CANDIDATES??"...WELL WITH HIS QUESTIONS HE ASKED MINE ALSO,"FOR WHICH ADVANIJI HAD SAID-"ONE NEED TO HAVE WINNABILITY QUALITIES IN THEM,WHETHER ITS MAN OR A WOMAN CANDIDATE!!!"....I MENTIONED THIS IN MY OFFICE(TVI).THIS NEWS WAS RAISED WHY THERE ARE LESS WOMEN CANDIDATES IN BJP.INCIDENTLY SUSHMAJI GOT THE TICKET AND BECAME FIRST BJP AND FIRST DELHI WOMAN CM.LATER ON- IN DEC 2003 MS UMA BHARATI BECAME FIRST LADY CM OF MADHYA PRADESH AND THEN IN RAJASTHAN FIRST LADY CM WAS SMT VASUNDHARA RAJE SCINDIA(DEC 2003 TO 2008)....I WON'T TAKE CREDIT OF 33%RESERVATION DISCUSSION FOR WOMEN IN PARLIAMENT BUT ITS TRUE THAT DURING MSGS SHOOT IN SAHARA I HAD ASKED THIS QUESTION(I WAS A PROFFESSIONAL JOURNALIST THEN) TO SHRI MULAYAMJI AND SHRI SHARAD YADAV JI AS THEY ARE AUTHORITY IN THEIR RESPECTIVE PARTIES.SHRI LALLUJI HAS TAKEN DRAMATIC ACTION BY MAKING RABRIJI FIRST LADY CM OF BIHAR IN 1997,WHEN HE WAS STUCK IN CHAARRA GHOTALA/OTHER CORRUPTION AND CRIMINAL CASES...THOUGH PERSONALLY EVEN HE DON'T BELIEVE IN GIVING RESERVATION TO WOMEN SO EASILY.

THOUGH PERSONALLY I BELIEVE ONE SHOULD TAKE RESERVATION/QUOTA SYSTEM OR ANY SIFARISH/..PUSH/HELP TILL IT REALLY NEEDED URGENTLY OR IN EMERGENCY ,AS WOMEN IN OUR COUNTRY STILL FACES DISCRIMINATIONS IN MANY WAYS DUE TO OWN AND OTHER'S MINDSETS AND SITUATIONS...SINCE YEARS.OTHERWISE WALKING WITH THE HELP OF THESE CRUTCHES ARE NOT GOOD FOR SELF ESTEEM....!!!

RECENTLY ONE OF THE MP OF BIKANER MR ARJUN MEGHWAL WENT FOR THE MEETING OF "VYAPAAR MANDAL"OF BIKANER THERE.AND MENTION THIS TO PEOPLE THAT WHEN HE MET MAMATAJI BEFORE THE RAILWAY BUDGET REGARDING TRAIN TO BIKANER FROM DELHI TO AND FRO,SHE SAID "I AM AWARE OF IT.YOU PEOPLE HAD 3 TRAINS EARLIER BUT NOW ZERO,SO TELL ME THE DETAILS".

"BUT INTERESTING POINT IS-"SHE HAS MENTIONED,"HAVE YOU SEEN HOARDING OF CARTOONS BY SUDHIR TAILANG IN FRONT OF MY HOME AND OTHER PART OF DELHI??...IT GAVE ME THE IDEA AND SERIOUSNESS OF THIS PROBLEM."

ONE OF OUR FRIEND FROM BIKANER RANG UP SUDHIRJI TO TELL THIS CONTENT OF SPEECH.WELL WE ARE PLEASED WITH THIS INDIRECT PRAISE.ATLEAST THEY ACKNOWLEDGED SUDHIRJI'S EFFORT OF LAST 2YEARS!!....BUT FINALLY WHEN IT WILL MATERIALIZES PRACTICALLY,WHICH I HAVE HEARD SHRI ASHOK GEHLOTJI IS FLAGGING IT OFF ON 30/3/11...WE'LL FEEL CONTENT.THERE ARE MANY RAJASTHANI,SPECIALLY MARWARI'S ARE LIVING IN DELHI,CALCUTTA,NORTH-EAST..AND TRAVEL BACK HOME TO BIKANER ANNUALLY OR MORE OFTEN,OTHER THEN FOR EDUCATION OR BUSSINESS PURPOSES.

THANKS MAMATA DI.